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Tests Showed Children Were Exposed to Lead. NYC Challenged the Tests [1]

"For at least two decades, the New York City Housing Authority routinely disputed tests that revealed lead in its apartments. Private landlords almost never do this."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [8]
Source: NY Times [9], 11/19/2018
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Scientists Say Data Show Misleading Industry Findings on Chlorpyrifos [10]

"Data just doesn't add up behind industry conclusions on chlorpyrifos— a controversial insecticide linked to brain impacts for children."

"Researchers who examined Dow Chemical Company-sponsored animal tests performed two decades ago on the insecticide chlorpyrifos found inaccuracies in what the company reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency compared to what the data showed.

And, according to internal EPA communication, agency scientists also had issues with the study interpretations, yet the agency approved the compound for continued use anyway.

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Science [11]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: EHN [13], 11/19/2018
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Trump Will Name Andrew Wheeler, Former Coal Lobbyist, as EPA Chief [14]

"President Trump said Friday that he intends to nominate former industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as the Environmental Protection Agency’s next administrator, a move that would ensure a continued deregulatory push at the agency."

Environmental Health [4]
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Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [16], 11/19/2018
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"California Recommends Restrictions For Popular Pesticide" [17]

"California regulators recommended new restrictions Thursday on a widely used pesticide blamed for harming the brains of babies."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
California [19]
Source: AP [20], 11/16/2018
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"EPA Watchdog Questions Safety of Sewage Used as Fertilizer" [21]

"The Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t know if the treated sewage sludge that farmers use as fertilizer is safe, according to a report from its internal watchdog."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [22]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg [25], 11/16/2018
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"EPA: How a Top Official Landed In Criminal Trouble" [26]

"When Trey Glenn was seeking a top EPA job last year, one of his references was a lobbyist for Drummond Co., an Alabama-based coal firm. Now, the lobbyist is likely headed for federal lockup. And Glenn, the head of EPA's Atlanta-based Region 4 office, is under indictment for allegedly violating the state's ethics law."

Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Waste [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Greenwire [28], 11/15/2018
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"EPA: Combative Press Tactics Mirror Trump's" [29]

"EPA's press shop is taking a page from President Trump's playbook. Since the new administration entered office, the staff in EPA's press shop has gotten personal with reporters — calling out their alleged mistakes in press releases, keeping them off advisories and blocking some from agency events."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [30]
Science [11]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Greenwire [31], 11/14/2018
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"EPA To Weigh Tougher Pollution Standards For Heavy-Duty Trucks" [32]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced plans to place more stringent restrictions on pollution from heavy-duty trucks, in a move that won the Trump administration rare praise from environmental groups."

Air [33]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [35], 11/14/2018
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Trump SE Regional EPA Administrator Indicted On Alabama Ethics Charges [36]

"A Jefferson County grand jury has indicted the Southeast regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and a former Alabama Environmental Management Commissioner for violating state ethics laws."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [22]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution [38], 11/14/2018
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"EPA Plans Soil Removal At Lead-Tainted Indiana Complex" [39]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving ahead with plans for a 2-foot-deep removal of lead- and arsenic-contaminated soil at the site of a northwestern Indiana public housing that’s been evacuated and demolished over health concerns."

Environmental Health [4]
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Pollution [22]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Source: AP [41], 11/13/2018
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